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IBAN: DE 18 4306 0967 2070 8145 00
BIC: GENO DE M1 GLS
GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG
Your direct donation to our donation account supports 100 percent of our work for people in distress at sea. Or donate conveniently using the donation form here on the page.
BECOME A SUPPORTING MEMBER
Would you like to support us regularly (monthly)?
Then become a supporting member! This will help us even more, because with your monthly donation commitment you will enable us to plan our work reliably. As a supporting member, you will also receive regular information and have the right to attend and speak at our association meetings.
Your donation helps to save lives.
A human life is priceless – sea rescue is not.
Your regular support secures our operations on the Mediterranean in the long term.
Donation receipt
If you need a donation receipt (donation receipt), please click “yes, please” in the donation form under donation receipt and let us know your name and address. For direct bank transfers, you can enter your address in the purpose field. We usually send out donation receipts in the first quarter of the following year. If you need the donation receipt earlier, please let us know. For donations up to 300 euros, the transfer receipt is sufficient. (Regulation since 1.1.2021: The legislator has raised the amount of donations that can be claimed from the tax office without proof from 200 euros to 300 euros. This means for you: Up to 300 euros, the tax office will accept a simple bank receipt or bank statement in future. However, we can also issue a receipt for smaller donations on request).

APPLICATION FOR SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP
It is our humanitarian duty to help people in dire need and save them from death by drowning. As long as the causes of flight have not been eliminated and there are no sustainable solutions at a political level, people will die in the Mediterranean. We do not look away, we help.
With your supporting membership, you help us to realize this goal. With your monthly donation pledge, you enable us to plan our work reliably, as we are a non-profit organization financed by donations and membership fees. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much.
As a supporting member, you are closely linked to the association, receive regular information and have the right to attend and speak at all association meetings.
Of course, you decide for yourself how much you are willing to donate to RESQSHIP e.V. each month.
Membership application
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Transparency
Transparent Civil Society Initiative
Transparency is important to us. We want to provide all those who support us with comprehensive information about our work. That is why we have joined the Transparent Civil Society Initiative. We are committed to making the following ten pieces of information available to the public and keeping them up to date.
- Name, registered office, address and year of foundation
Name: RESQSHIP e. V. non-profit association
Registered office and address: Osterrade 4, 21031 Hamburg
Year of foundation: 2017
Contact person: Stefen Seyfert, e-mail: stefen@resqship.org - Complete statutes and information on the objectives of our organization
to the Articles of Association
to “Our goals” - Information on tax concessions
RESQSHIP e.V. is recognized as serving charitable purposes according to the annex to the corporation tax assessment notice of the Hamburg-Nord tax office, tax number 17/450/09847 dated 16.09.2024 for the last assessment period 2021-2023 and is exempt from corporation tax according to §5 para.1 no.9 of the Corporation Tax Act and from trade tax according to §3 no.6 of the Trade Tax Act. - Name and function of key decision-makers
Board of Directors:
Stefen Seyfert (Chairman)
Linda Rochlitzer (Deputy Chairman)
Steffen Merseburg (Treasurer)
Marie-Helen Banck (Assessor)
Ingo Werth (Assessor)
Amelie Walther (Assessor)
Tobias Drechsel (Board member) - Activity report
on the 2023 annual report (from page 8) - Staff structure
In the reporting year, the association had two full-time employees and one employee on a mini-job basis. The association has 58 members who work for the association on a voluntary basis, including the Executive Board. In addition, the association is supported by many other volunteers, particularly as crew members on missions at sea and in supporting work on land. - Information on the source of funds
for the 2023 annual report (page 21) - Information on the use of funds
to the annual report 2023 (page 22) - Corporate affiliation with third parties
RESQSHIP e.V. is the sole shareholder of HR Sailing gGmbH. - Names of persons whose annual payments account for more than 10% of the total annual budget
Sea-Watch e.V. supported RESQSHIP e.V. in 2023 with 90,000.00 euros (this corresponded to 29.0% of the total annual income). The Archdiocese of Munich-Freising supported RESQSHIP e.V. with 50,000.00 euros in 2023 (this corresponded to 16% of total annual income).
Donation account:
IBAN: DE 18 4306 0967 2070 8145 00
BIC: GENO DE M1 GLS
GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG